60th birthday cake

This cake was a special cake for a a friends father of mine.  There are specific elements in this cake that represent him. I was very pleased with how it all came together.

70th birthday cake

This is a cake I made a few weeks back for a special ladies 70th birthday.  It was chocolate cake iced in chocolate butter cream and covered in fondant.

Under Construction

Its been a few weeks since I have done any cake making so my friends sons 3 year old birthday party was a welcome chance to get my creative juices going again.  We had a fabulous day spending it with special friends, at long last outside and out of the rain!  This winter has been a rough one and I know my friends and I are looking forward to warm days, sunshine and bug free kids!

Skiier cake topper

More and more I realize how much I love the sculpting side of cakes.  This weeks skiier cake topper I enjoyed immensely.  I tend to go into a zone and everything slows down around me as I lose myself in my work.  

  

Stilettos

Last night I contributed a spot prize for a girls evening at our church.  Initially I was going to make cupcake bouquets but several months ago a friend of mine sent me a link to cupcakes that looked like shoes.  I thought it would be a great opportunity to make them!

If I was crazy rich I would probably own a lot of shoes.  I love my feet and how they look in shoes!  I think as women we have to have one favorite part of ourselves because we are certainly hard on ourselves on so many other levels.  Because I love shoes, I loved making these cupcakes!

I ended up doing two separate spot prizes because of how I presented the cupcakes.  Each cupcake is completely edible.  I did a cupcake for the toe, a biscuit for the sole and a licorice log for the heel.  For the little bags I made them out of two cupcakes.  Cupcakes are a chocolate mud.

Mainly Music Birthday

Each week I take my son to a music session that is put on by a group called Mainly Music.  It is a fantastic effort put on by several volunteers who each week put together songs for mums and their children as well as a great morning tea and play time. Mainly Music runs all over the country so visit this website if you wish to find one locally near you:  http://www.mainlymusic.org.nz/

The particular Mainly Music I go to was hosting its 15th year running this week so to celebrate they held a birthday party for the two sessions.  I was asked to make the cakes and was more than honored to do so.  I made a cake for each session but was able to re-use most of the decorations.  It was a great time singing all our favorite songs and catching up with familiar faces. 

Baby blue sneakers

This week has been a little bit crazy.  Somehow, I managed to wind up doing 4 cakes this week all due before Thursday which is strange because most cakes are required for a Saturday.  Call it lack of planning maybe.  Surprisingly I haven't had any late nights which is not really normal either.  My brother is here visiting so I plan to take a little break after this week.  One of the cakes for yesterday was a baby shower cake for one of my daughters kindy teachers.  It was a surprise baby shower at her school so I did not tell my daughter because I know she would have told the teacher who the surprise was for.

When I arrived at school with the cake my daughters face was one of pure delight.  When her teacher walked out and all of the kids yelled surprise she stood up very proudly and pointed to me, saying "My mummy made your cake."  When the cake had been cut up and the kids were all starting to dig in, she stood up and launched herself at me giving me a huge hug saying "Thank you for making the cake Mummy."  I nearly cried.  I had been feeling guilty being so busy but this moment of seeing my daughter proud of me, although so little, is something worth far more than money or approval from others.  I will never forget that moment.